Kate Torney

Kate Torney
OAM
EducationBachelor of Arts (Media Studies)
Alma materRMIT University
OccupationCEO Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation

Kate Torney is an Australian journalist who is CEO of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation and was the CEO of the State Library of Victoria from 2015 to 2021.

Torney worked as a radio and TV reporter, producer, bureau chief, executive producer and editor.

Torney was ABC News (Australia) Director,[when?] overseeing all news and current affairs content for the national broadcaster.

Torney served as member and former Chair of National and State Libraries Australia (NSLA), and serves on the board of The Conversation and is Chair of the Wheeler Centre.[citation needed]

She was formerly a member of the Ministerial Council for Volunteers and the Ministerial Council for the Creative State.

References

  1. ↑ "Exit Interview: Kate Torney, CEO, State Library of Victoria". ArtsHub.
  2. ↑ "Shock as ABC news director Kate Torney quits". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kate Torney | About the ABC". about.abc.net.au. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Members | National and State Libraries Australia". nsla.org.au. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kate Torney". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Leadership team". State Library Victoria. Retrieved 2 June 2021.